William Russell Movies

  • 1919
    Brass Buttons

    Brass Buttons

    Brass Buttons

    01919HD

    Kingston Hollister admires Bernice Cleveland from afar. He asks Officer Callahan, the policeman on the beat, about her and mistakenly believes she is...

    Brass Buttons
  • 1927
    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    01927HD

    The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

    The Desired Woman
  • 1916
    The Bruiser

    The Bruiser

    The Bruiser

    01916HD

    Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

    The Bruiser
  • 1917
    The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

    11917HD

    The Masked Heart
  • 1925
    Big Pal

    Big Pal

    Big Pal

    01925HD

    A judge's daughter spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. There she meets a boxer contending for a...

    Big Pal
  • 1924
    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    01924HD

    A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.

    The Beloved Brute
  • 1922
    The Crusader

    The Crusader

    The Crusader

    01922HD

    Veteran action hero William Russell starred opposite his offscreen wife Helen Ferguson in this typical Fox oater about a miner who finds himself up...

    The Crusader
  • 1923
    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    5.51923HD

    A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict...

    Anna Christie
  • 1912
    Petticoat Camp

    Petticoat Camp

    Petticoat Camp

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    Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

    Petticoat Camp
  • 1926
    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    5.11926HD

    Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war,...

    The Blue Eagle
  • 1915
    The Diamond from the Sky

    The Diamond from the Sky

    The Diamond from the Sky

    01915HD

    This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.

    The Diamond from the Sky
  • 1919
    A Sporting Chance

    A Sporting Chance

    A Sporting Chance

    4.71919HD

    John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi...

    A Sporting Chance
  • 1921
    The Cheater Reformed

    The Cheater Reformed

    The Cheater Reformed

    01921HD

    Thomas Edinburgh is secretly in love with Carol, wife of the Reverend Luther McCall, and produces evidence that her husband was once an embezzler....

    The Cheater Reformed
  • 1911
    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    01911HD

    Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood,...

    David Copperfield
  • 1923
    Boston Blackie

    Boston Blackie

    Boston Blackie

    61923HD

    Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his...

    Boston Blackie
  • 1912
    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    5.81912HD

    The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right...

    The Portrait of Lady Anne
  • 1912
    Flying to Fortune

    Flying to Fortune

    Flying to Fortune

    01912HD

    A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his...

    Flying to Fortune
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    5.31912HD

    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

    The Cry of the Children
  • 1913
    Tannhäuser

    Tannhäuser

    Tannhäuser

    41913HD

    Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece...

    Tannhäuser
  • 1912
    Star of Bethlehem

    Star of Bethlehem

    Star of Bethlehem

    51912HD

    Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod,...

    Star of Bethlehem